GROUPS supporting victims of child clerical sex abuse yesterday said the Vatican was indulging in “pure spin” in its response to the fallout from the Cloyne report.

CATHOLICS should not contribute to any special collections organised by dioceses in financial trouble as a result of having to pay large sums to victims of clerical sex abuse, a government TD has urged.

The former Bishop of the Cloyne diocese, who was criticised in last month's report into the mis-handling of abuse cases last month, has returned to Ireland.

CATHOLIC priests have downplayed the possibility of parish hall meetings to discuss the fallout from the Cloyne Report into clerical child sex abuse, claiming it is simply a proposal.

The Pope’s ambassador to Ireland has been ordered to get answers from the Vatican on damning revelations that it allowed priests to ignore the law.

BISHOP John Magee bears “primary responsibility” for the “inadequate and inappropriate response” to complaints of clerical child sex abuse in the Diocese of Cloyne.

Structures have been put in place to ensure the devastating revelations of the Cloyne Report never happen again, the cleric overseeing the diocese pledged tonight.

The Cloyne abuse report includes an account of some interaction between Bishop John Magee and a teenager in the diocese. The case is detailed here in a lengthy extract from the report.

Justice Minister Alan Shatter expresses "sorrow and profound apology" to any child in Cloyne failed by the State.

THE 24 dioceses of the Catholic Church “engaged positively for the most part” with a HSE audit into their child protection practices which is ongoing six years after it was first requested.

THE long-awaited report into the handling of child sex abuse cases in the Diocese of Cloyne will not be published until at least the second week in May.

A RETIRED priest was verbally abused as he left a court after being returned for trial on two counts of indecently assaulting two teenage girls in Co Cork in the 1980s.

COMING, as it does, just weeks after former priest and voracious paedophile and serial liar Tony Walsh was sentenced to 123 years in jail for the most appalling abuses, and as the publication of the report into how claims of child sexual abuse were dealt with in the Diocese of Cloyne is anticipated, the Pope’s Christmas message seems limp, wrong-headed and uninspiring.

Gardaí have re-submitted a file to the DPP after re-interviewing an elderly priest in the Diocese of Cloyne about an allegation that he sexually assaulted a teenager in the 1980s.

The Pope’s Ambassador to Ireland today said the Vatican was ashamed by the devastating findings of a damning inquiry into clerical sex abuse in Dublin.

GARDAÍ are preparing a file for the Director of Public Prosecutions after interviewing a retired priest about two allegations of sexual abuse.

The senior cleric asked by the Pope to run the Diocese of Cloyne has said that he wants to restore trust and do everything he can to help the victims of clerical sex abuse in the Co Cork diocese.

Catholic bishops from throughout Ireland will gather today for a special summit on the latest child sex abuse controversy to rock the church.

A PRIEST who once served in the Diocese of Cloyne has written to the Pope’s representative in this country, the papal nuncio, seeking the resignation of the Bishop of Cloyne, John Magee and the diocese’s former head of children protection.

Catholic Primate Cardinal Sean Brady tonight said under-fire Bishop of Cloyne John Magee should not resign.

Beleaguered Bishop of Cloyne John Magee today faced growing pressure to resign amid the damning scandal over his mishandling of clerical sex abuse allegations.